The Old Maid

Chorus:

Come a landsman, a pinsman, a tinker or a tailer,

Fiddler, or a dancer, ploughboy or a sailor,

Gentleman, a poor man, a fool or a witty,

Don't let me die an old maid, but take me out of pity.

Oh, I had a sister Sally, was younger than I am,She had

so many sweethearts, she had to deny them;

As for my own part, I never had many,

If you all knew my heart, I'd be thankful for any.

Chorus:

Come a landsman, a pinsman, a tinker or a tailer,

Fiddler, or a dancer, ploughboy or a sailor,

Gentleman, a poor man, a fool or a witty,

Don't let me die an old maid, but take me out of pity.

Oh, I had a sister Susan, was ugly and misshapen,

Before she was sixteen years old she was taken,

Before she was eighteen, a son and a daughter,

Here am I, six and forty, and nary an offer.

Chorus:

Come a landsman, a pinsman, a tinker or a tailer,

Fiddler, or a dancer, ploughboy or a sailor,

Gentleman, a poor man, a fool or a witty,

Don't let me die an old maid, but take me out of pity.

Oh, I never will be scolding, I never will be jealous,

My husband shall have money to go to the alehouse,

While he's there a-spending, well, I'll be home a-

saving,

And I'll leave it to the world if I am worth having.

Chorus:

Come a landsman, a pinsman, a tinker or a tailer,

Fiddler, or a dancer, ploughboy or a sailor,

Gentleman, a poor man, a fool or a witty,

Don't let me die an old maid, but take me out of pity.